Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Imprinting

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Authors

Teresa A. Hillier · Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Kathryn L. Pedula · Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Mark M. Schmidt · Kaiser Permanente

Judith A. Mullen · Kaiser Permanente

Marie‐Aline Charles · Inserm

David J. Pettitt · Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Abstract

Our results in a multiethnic U.S. population suggest that increasing hyperglycemia in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. More research is needed to determine whether treatment of GDM may be a modifiable risk factor for childhood obesity.

Topics & Keywords

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Birth, Development, and Health Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 30, Issue 9, pp. 2287-2292

DOI: 10.2337/dc06-2361

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